Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren Flashcards

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Boo shemi has appeared in what tarrentino films

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Resoviour dogs
Pulp fiction Samuel Jackson travolta Thurman
He played a waiter dressed as buddy holly

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What famous inter family feud took place on either side of the tug fork of the big sandy river
Border between what 2 states

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Hatfields and McCoy’s - Kentucky side
BOrder between Kentucky and West Virginia

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Highway spends just under a third of its 1569 mile length in Texas before continuing north all the way to Duluth Minnesota

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35

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Children literacy legacy award was formerly named for this author
Bonus her series
And why was the award name changed

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Laura ingles Wilder
Little house on the prairie
Changed due to her portrayal of African American and native Americans in her novels

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Camp David was given its current name by what president

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Eisenhower
Middle name David
Named after his Grandson and father

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Probably best known for his work with peanuts this scientist was born into slavery in southwest Missouri

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George Washington carver
Know this from SNL sketches
So much more than Just peanuts
Contributed a lot to agriculture including crop rotation.

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A model of this telescope is displayed in marsh field Missouri the home of this astronomer who proved they the Milky Way is not the only galaxy in the universe

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Edwin Hubble
Arrogant fellow
Astronomy was not a part of physics and no Nobel prize so he tried to get astronomy to be part of physics so he could get a Nobel prize
Astronomy is now considered part of physics but he didn’t win one

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Nuclear Scientist at Washington university in st Louis in 30s and 40s produced this element that was used in early nuclear weapon tests

Code name First nuclear weapon test on July 16 1945

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Langsdorf jr plutonium
Trinity - teken from a poem Oppenheimer read
Manhattan was the whole big project not the one test

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Document created to attempt to block the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan

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SleAze ard - named after scientist
Langsdorf co-signer

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In the 19th century few was pushed as an alternate to another type of beverage by advocates of what more movement which was eventually exported to the US

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Temperance

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I43 and 41 both connect the Milwaukee area to what northern Wisconsin city
43 parallels Lake Michigan

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Green Bay

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What 20th centeuy king of the UK abdicated the throne after being told he could not marry this American socialite

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King Edward 8 - George brother
Wallis Simpson who was not just American but also divorced so much backlash
Edward brother George 6 ascended to the throne who is the father of Elizabeth II

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What famous national park would you find on mount desert island

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Acadia in Maine

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Annie turnbow Malone was the daughter of former slaves and moved to St. Louis in 1902; she became a multimillionaire and one of the richest in st Louis by creating and selling this type of product

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Hair care - specifically straighteners
Studied chemistry and figured it out

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Spin off from mash which feature this character who returns to his hometown of Hannibal Missouri after the war

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Colonel (Sherman T) potter
Hired clinger and father mul kay he
Bad show

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This spin-off from the carol brumettt show feature a dysfunctional matriarchal family who lived in ray town Missouri

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Mama’s family

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Netflix crime drama set in Osage beach Missouri
Who plays the byrds

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Ozark
Marty - Jason Bateman
Wendy - Laura linney

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ABC family show set in Kansas City Missouri that feature 2 teenagers who grew up in the wrong family due to mix up at the hospital ; first American tv show featuring this

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Switched at birth
Deaf or hard of hearing with entire scenes set in sign language
Now freeform channel
ASL stuff

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Land mass of Missouri was added to the US as part of this and in what year

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part of the Louisiana purchase

1803
Renamed from Louisiana territory to Missouri in 1812 when Louisiana added as a state to avoid confusion

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Allowed Missouri to become a slave state
What other state was involved

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The Missouri comprise
Maine added as a free state to maintain the balance

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This group of vigilantes in the 1880s roamed southwest Missouri and named themselves after the treeless hilltops of the ozarks and were nominally dedicated to helping law enforcement capture criminalS and opposing corruption in government

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Bald knobbers

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How many federal reserve districts are there and ehat established them
Why is Missouri distinct

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12 districts established by federal reserve act of 1913
Missouri is the only one with 2 federal reserve banks KC and St. Louis

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The childhood home of mark Twain and reql name

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Hannibal Missouri
Samuel Clemons

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New Mexico abbreviation

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NM

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In Charlie and the chocolate factory ehat relative goes with Charlie to visit Willy wonka a factory

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Grandpa Joe ?

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Considered the food the drink and of the gods

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Nectar and ambrosia

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Performer announced as New coach on the voice in October 2019

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Nick Jonas

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What type of dance is best known for 5 positions jump twirls Tutus leotards tights and pointe shoes (point)

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Ballet

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Earths 3 major climate zones

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Tropical
temperate
Polar

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Phoebe and max are twins in what Nickelodeon show about a superhero family trying to lead a normal life

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The thundermans